Got an MRI tonight, trying to see if I can get a handle on my cognitive and seizure issues. When I left they gave me a little CD with th images and some software to allow me to read the images.
Lots of bright white areas. They ran through several layers..... I can't find anything on hte web that doesnt call them images of lesions...... we are just terrified now. How much longer can I continue working? 10 years? 5 years? 6 months? 6 weeks?! I can't evenconjure up rage.... im just tired and profouindly sad.
I feel perhaps you should wait & have the results explained to you by an expert. Reading an MRI is not an easy thing to do well.
Please hang in there & ask as many questions as you can. Record the interview or take a back up pal or both.
Best wishes to you Bruce. You must be feeling a world of bewilderment at the moment. I hope some clarity is not too long in arriving for you. Ciao for now Kaz xox
I agree with Kaz. You can drive yourself nuts and take yourself to dark places trying to decipher all the labs and tests they run on us. Did you request a copy of your results?? You can and you should. Once you have report in hand call doc and review them together to find out exactly what it all means. In the meantime as hard as it is and as much as it sucks try to stay positive. Maybe call in to work and take a “mental health me day” to help eases some of your stress and tension. Good luck!!! Hope you get answers soon.
Don't look at the mri. Wait till you review the test with your doctor. Our minds tend to go to the darkest places when we don't know the answers. I've done that with tests before and I worried all for nothing. I hope you see your doctor soon.
I love that dog pic...thats how I feel most of the time...lol...DO NOT READ THOSE YOURSELF....I think we all do ....oh I had myself in the nursing home....and then the Dr. said I was fine...WHAT!!!! Then when I thought my labs came back pretty good and the MRI....he put me in the hospital.......Now I just go with the flow....take it one day at a time and no fear....remember you only die once but we usually tend to submit ourselves to unbearable mounts of stress before then.....the pain can be a different story....that is why it is called PAIN.....
I am now disabled...didn't want to be, but thats life...I had to go with the flow...It was hard at first ...getting easier as time goes by....but I keep thinking I can go back to work....dream....
Thanks for all your supportive words. I’m trying to accept your wisdom but considering i got this MRI to find out why I’m having seizures and cognitive degeneration its hard to wait for the neuro. The images are so terrifying and, of course, i know better than all of you. Right? Right?! Lol
Unless your in a field to view MRI's i would'nt bother trying to understand it...let the specialist do he/she their job doing that.
If this MRI is to do with seizures which i've had for years and have to have MRI's regular to check the brain and skull for fractures...the white area's on the brain can sometimes be where cell activity as died off through them taking to much electricity shock in the brain because anyone with seizures including myself get cells die when a seizure occurs and that's why alot of people are on high dosages to control this issue from happening to much.
Please don't try and worry as this alone can cause seizures...what to you see your specialist and fire the questions at them.
My MRI looks like I don't have a brain...LOL! Please wait and get the expert results from your doctor! It is hard waiting for answers, but you will have the right answers and will know where to go from there.
Trying to read your own MRI is like going to Dr. Google when you are sick and plugging in your symptoms. Not a good idea. You usually wind up diagnosing yourself with the Plague or Dengue Fever. LOL
You did make me laugh mate (My MRI looks like I don't have a brain) but regarding the rest your right you better off waiting for the proper diagnosis off the specialist.
Hugs Terri & i hope your christams is going nice and 2013 brings better health your way :) xxx
loriken214 said:
My MRI looks like I don't have a brain...LOL! Please wait and get the expert results from your doctor! It is hard waiting for answers, but you will have the right answers and will know where to go from there.
I know. I keep saying my mother made a mistake on my birth certificate because I feel and walk like an old lady.
Have you seen the movie, "What About Bob?" Well, on bad days I repeat to myself, "I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful, and if I do not let it out, I'll explode!" Ehh, it sometimes works...
Thank-you. I wish you warm family moments, joy, x and oes, and lots of laughter. Thank-you for sharing your wisdom with us. =]
Well i think all members need their birth certificates altering, mine needs at least another 40yrs adding to it
Yes i've seen the film (About Bob)...well at least thinking all those issues if it works that's better than nothing.
That's what we're all here for Latina to share wisdom in our own way besides experience :) xxx
Latina said:
I know. I keep saying my mother made a mistake on my birth certificate because I feel and walk like an old lady.
Have you seen the movie, "What About Bob?" Well, on bad days I repeat to myself, "I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful, and if I do not let it out, I'll explode!" Ehh, it sometimes works...
Thank-you. I wish you warm family moments, joy, x and oes, and lots of laughter. Thank-you for sharing your wisdom with us. =]
I am sorry to hear it!! The Internet is not always our friend. Wait until a doc goes over scan with u before u freak out too much. Good luck!!! Let us know what neuro says.
Bruce, bad days come and go. The positive side of it is the last part--they go!
To me there is nothing as bad as not knowing what I have. I do now, which allows me to accept and adapt. Yes, I have my days when I cluster myself to make my creative pain faces without having to explain to anyone anything. But I know what's up with me.
Let us know what your dr. says about the tests-good or bad. We can take both news.
